Just saw that the first piece from our special issue is already out:
Factions of asset-based capitalism: a historical typology, by @melindacooper.bsky.social
See here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Will write a thread on the SI and each of the papers once they're all out!
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By my quick in the lockup calculation- the cut to the NDIS was roughly 10% in real terms. Absolutely brutal.
Seminar on Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism (2026) and Slobodian’s Hayek’s Bastards (2025). June 2 at 9am (Sydney time).
Discussion by Henry Maher, Melinda Cooper and Brendon O’Connor; followed by Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff. Zoom link: uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/85780579138
Building a Bridge to Bolsonarism: Construction Entrepreneurs and the Shaping of the Consolidation State in Brazil
Hugo Fanton Ribeiro da Silva
doi.org/10.1177/0094...
Using International Harvester's McCormick works as a lens, Robin Peterson chronicles over a century of class struggle in the United States.
Coming up: Mon. June 15 ~ 10am ET / 3pm UK
LAUNCH EVENT for our new issue:
"Towards a Critical Theory of Finance"
Melinda Cooper, Radhika Desai, and Stefan Eich with Paul North
Finance turned Marx upside-down; we need new theories to understand this.
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/towar...
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This article analyzes the changes in the political stances adopted by businesses in Brazil’s construction industry and housing sector during the 2010s. It pays ...
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Melinda Cooper – Anachronism in Our Times
Adorno-Vorlesungen 2026
18–20 November 2026, 6.30–8 pm
Nov. 18: Patrimonial Capitalism
Nov. 19: Fascism as Revolutionary Conservatism
Nov. 20: Patriarchy Resurgent
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In der @woz.ch bespricht heute auch @raulzelik.bsky.social den Band OBEN RECHTS @suhrkamp.de @lhaffert.bsky.social @tbiebricher.bsky.social @melindacooper.bsky.social @moiraweigel.bsky.social
www.woz.ch/2620/sachbuc...
Ein sehr interessantes Interview mit @theobourgeron.bsky.social (ALT-FINANCE). Ganz ähnliche Überlegungen wie in OBEN RECHTS @lhaffert.bsky.social @tbiebricher.bsky.social @melindacooper.bsky.social @moiraweigel.bsky.social
www.tni.org/en/article/f...
DOSSIER [Eng]
This week, download the PDF dossier accompanying our interview with Melinda Cooper @melindacooper.bsky.social, a Professor in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University.
Incredibly happy and relieved that our special issue Asset Struggles co-edited with @theobourgeron.bsky.social is now accepted for publication at NPE!
More on the issue soon. For now: a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been involved in this over the past few years – you are the best!
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Ein neues Buch nimmt das rechtspopulistische Unternehmertum ins Visier – und hinterfragt gängige Deutungen der autoritären Wende.
In 18 years of closely watching federal budgets, I've never seen a budget measure with this level of social spending cuts (not even in Joe Hockey's 2014 budget).
$36b in NDIS cuts over the forward estimates
